The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-10-15
EVA'S LESSON.
A Story Young Husbands and
WiVo3 Should Road.

There were Indications Of n domestic
storm brcwingas Richard Hayes entered
his house at seven o'clock ono fine
evening in June; his little thrcr-ycar-
old Mary ran eagerly 10 meet him, and
baby Harry stretched out his dimplcd
hands and pratilcd glad welcome,
but hi, wfc's face showed that no
pleasant greeting awaited him from
her.
$50 you have coudcSccndcd 10 put
IN IN appearance at last! she said AN
grily. II concluded you intended To
stay all night watching that silly base
ball game and guzhling beer"
Richards face flushed painfully Mt
the last taunt. so wholly undescrvcd.
Although harsh words were becoming
Of almost daily occurrence in his
once happy home. he felt them most
kccnly now aS they were uttered in the
presence Of an intimate friend, who had
never before seen these too frequent
outbursts Of anger
"Wcll, come To supper" Eva said
Hhpl d'l'NNlD' l'h uhN' h'I' W N''N-
ing nm hour, and I've no doubt Claricc
is half starved.
Claricc protested pleasantly. and
Richard made courteous excuses for his
delay, but Eva was too angry and i'm
patient 10 heed them. Her sharp words
aud unkind rcproachcs marrcd all the
pleasure there might have been ut her
ncatly-Sprcad suppcr-tablc.
Al the earliest moment Richard cS-
capped from the unpleasant home atmos-
walk.
70 Claricc the whole scene had been
painful. Slight indications of growing
unhappiucss between her friend and
her husband had been betrayed before.
but nothing like this. And it had been
such pleasant home. She rcmcm-
bcrrd how proud Eva had been of her
handsome. cvcn-tcmpcrrd husband.
how dcvotcdly she had seemed to love
him in those early days. She recalled
the tender conhdcnrcs Eva had poured
into her ears of his patience, his con.
slaut Kindness and generous devotion;
but nov, in her impaticncc and ill-tcm.
per, every thing was wrong petty
faults and foiblcs. that would have
passed unnoriccd in the old days. were
dwrlt upon harShly and mlgniliod into
serious defects.
A merry, thoughtlcSs girl. fond OF
society aud gay pleasures, Eva had
taken upon herself the duties of wife
aud mother without thought of how
weary the burden might prove To be.
For two or three years She bore them
remarkably we'll; she was very proud
of her handsome husband. her pleasant
home and her bright, Sprightly little
girl whom every one admired and
pcucd But with the coming of the
second child her cares increased. the
household duties became heavier. and
her confinement 10 home closer. She
never realized how largely the nervous
irritation which made her 50 cross and
fault-fuding was caused 10y these
things.
Confined 60 her close, warm rooms
day after day, with rarely any other
society than hrrlittlc ones. who shared
her irlitability. the troubles had in
creased rapidly.
From an occasional impatient word.
1t had grown To sharp, angry re-
proachcs and constant fiult-hnding,
until Richard was beginning to seek
pleasure i'm the society ot friends out
side, only to br met with still harSher
words each time on his return.
ThoughtlcSs and ignorant of the laws
oi health. it never occurred Ia either
that ride or walk each day, a few
hours in the opcu air, would dn more
io cure all this trouble than would
either sermons or good resolutions.
The day of Clarirc's visit every thing
had gone wrong. II had been very
warm. and Eva had spent many hours
in her close. hot Kitchen, over the iron
ing and baking, while May-mischicv-
Ous little puss-had been unusually
Troublesome, scarcely ont of one piece
of mischief before she was into an
Other, keeping the baby in constant
frctfulucsS 10y her teasing, until Eva's
patience was exhausted without the
additional vcNatiou of having her hus-
band take advantage Of n half holiday
90 attend baseball game and delay
his return beyond the usual hour
'Oh, If girls only knew when they
were we'll of, they would never marry"
she said bitterly, as she seated herself
at the parlor window with her friend.
"Just look at the coy life led before
marriage; and now Il = work. work.
from morning till night, no chance for
rest on recreation. no opportunity tn 60
out, and the children drive me nearly
wild, while my husband cares no more
than a block for all my troubles. Oh.
1wish | were free once more! would
W she broke oil abruptly and leaned
out Of the window. For heavens
sake" she cried. eNcitedly. "just look
at that child! May, come out of the